Order-6 pentagonal tiling
| Order-6 pentagonal tiling | |
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 Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane | |
| Type | Hyperbolic regular tiling |
| Vertex configuration | 56 |
| Schläfli symbol | {5,6} |
| Wythoff symbol | 6 | 5 2 |
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| Symmetry group | [6,5], (*652) |
| Dual | Order-5 hexagonal tiling |
| Properties | Vertex-transitive, edge-transitive, face-transitive |
In geometry, the order-6 pentagonal tiling is a regular tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of {5,6}.
Uniform coloring
This regular tiling can also be constructed from [(5,5,3)] symmetry alternating two colors of pentagons, represented by t1(5,5,3).
Symmetry
This tiling represents a hyperbolic kaleidoscope of 6 mirrors defining a regular hexagon fundamental domain, and 5 mirrors meeting at a point. This symmetry by orbifold notation is called *33333 with 5 order-3 mirror intersections.
Related polyhedra and tiling
This tiling is topologically related as a part of sequence of regular tilings with order-6 vertices with Schläfli symbol {n,6}, and Coxeter diagram 
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... |  {∞,6} 
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| Symmetry: [6,5], (*652) | [6,5]+, (652) | [6,5+], (5*3) | [1+,6,5], (*553) | ||||||||
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| {6,5} | t{6,5} | r{6,5} | 2t{6,5}=t{5,6} | 2r{6,5}={5,6} | rr{6,5} | tr{6,5} | sr{6,5} | s{5,6} | h{6,5} | ||
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| V65 | V5.12.12 | V5.6.5.6 | V6.10.10 | V56 | V4.5.4.6 | V4.10.12 | V3.3.5.3.6 | V3.3.3.5.3.5 | V(3.5)5 | ||
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References
- John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strass, The Symmetries of Things 2008, ISBN 978-1-56881-220-5 (Chapter 19, The Hyperbolic Archimedean Tessellations)
- "Chapter 10: Regular honeycombs in hyperbolic space". The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays. Dover Publications. 1999. ISBN 0-486-40919-8. LCCN 99035678.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Order-6 pentagonal tiling.
External links
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Hyperbolic tiling". MathWorld.
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Poincaré hyperbolic disk". MathWorld.
- Hyperbolic and Spherical Tiling Gallery
- KaleidoTile 3: Educational software to create spherical, planar and hyperbolic tilings
- Hyperbolic Planar Tessellations, Don Hatch
